I have used qread, but one sstrange thing it does for meis if I right
click on a file in a folder and tell qread to open it, qread creates all
kinds of junk, its own files in the same folder. It is really a mess
and for that reason I don't use it. If i open the file from within
qread itself, I don't have this problem. I don't have a problem with
paying for software if I like it, but I want to be able to use it on
several machines and not have to buy a key for each machine. I have
various computers all over the house on a network that do various th
things. One of the many reasons I like window-eyes.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
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Wallace, ks.
On Fri, 9 Sep 2016,
David via Talk wrote:
May I just remind you all, that the all-accessible software QREAD, does
read PDF Files. Often with better result than the Adobe software. Yes, I
do have both on my machine, but has set QRead to be the standard
software to open any PDF files.
QRead is not freeware, but the price is affordable. Think it was
something like 20 or 30 dollars. And since it lets me read certain
documents that Adobe does not handle satisfyingly I feel the price is
worth the money.
As already stated, whether anything beneficial or not, PDF has become
the industry standard of everything now aday. Consequently, we just have
to deal with it. Unfortunately PDF has no real standard in setting up
things, and could hold both written and scanned text, along with
graphics, drawings, photos and logos. Not to mention all the troublesome
layouts with multiple columns, text written around the pictures and so
forth. And, the PDF can be made non-accessible. But other than that,
except from all the drawbacks, I guess the format is good enough. hahahaha.
Since we cannot get around the format, we have to get a way to bite it.
And therefore a software like QRead is a good tool in your toolbox.
Since it is a stand-alone program, it will not be messed up by strange
new ideas from Adobe, long as they don't affect new documents. From what
I remember, the upgrades of QRead are free of charge.
You want to have a look at the program, search for it on the net, or
come back and let's see if we can dig out the homepage for you.
All just to remind you, there does exist alternatives to the main-stream.
David
On 9/9/2016 3:11 PM, Jo Talliaferro via Talk wrote:
Hi Grumpy Dave,
I think PDF files are kind of like the standard so that people can view them on
whatever device they
have. I think pdf stands for: Portable Document file...not certain but it then
allows people to
save or convert it to whatever is best for them. And...Grumpy Jo says that
it's easier to add all
the little graphics, pictures to the document. Not my favorite, especially
when not set up properly
for a blind person.
I don't want to install Adobe Reader DC but I guess I don't have much choice
if, as is usual most of
the time, I will do it to accommodate my sighted friends!
Jo Taliaferro
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk
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Of Dave
via Talk
Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 9:53 AM
To: A I Squared Support <[email protected]>
Subject: The Real Value of PDF and Adobe Reader?
Hello,
This might be a stupid question, but it isn't my first, or my last.
What is the value of PDF files?
Sure, you can Lock them so no one can alter them, but this can be done with
Word files too.
Over the years, in general, I have found reading PDF files to be a procedure
that about 50 percent
of the time, ended with undesirable results. I couldn't read all of the file,
or page to the next
page, or even read anything on screen.
It was always a Crap Shoot when reading a PDF file sent from someone.
Now, I do know that PDF has become common, and they are here to stay, but is
there are real value to
this type of file?
And Adobe Reader, on any system I have ever installed it, is so slow, and
basically a Pain in the
Butt to use it.
For years I have felt that Adobe had created a File Standard, that became
popular in some Circles,
and yet this new Standard was nothing all that Special, other than giving Adobe
a bit more Cash
Flow.
So is there something that Adobe has created that is better than what can be
done in MS Word?
grumpy Dave
who just reluctantly installed Adobe Reader DC to his new system.
--
Dave <[email protected]>
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